A month has passed since October 7, but it feels like much longer. On the other hand, I feel like only a moment has passed—the days are jumbled together into a blurry stain. And despite that, after a month, a kind of emergency routine begins: We make plans, knowing that any moment they might change—because Continue Reading »
I closed my eyes and I remembered that on Friday, the day before the very nature of our lives changed, we went to the beach. After a week of nights that weren’t nights, I closed my eyes and I remembered us at the beach. I remembered the feeling of slick shards of seashells on the Continue Reading »
The war caught us all off guard. Five missiles fell on my town, damaging houses and cars, but luckily no one here was harmed. The sirens, the noises of planes and missiles falling (we call this the “booms”), and grief: this has accompanied us all every day since October 7th. We have felt helpless because Continue Reading »
When the war started, I was with my extended family in my grandmother’s house in Eilat. (Eilat is relatively isolated from the other cities in Israel and is thought to be safe.) The early days were very challenging; we lived together in a small house with many young children and most of the conversations in Continue Reading »
When the war began, I was in the middle of a safari trip in Kenya. Because of the bad cellphone service in Kenya, I wasn’t truly aware of the situation in Israel. I knew that something bad was happening, because my family and friends were in Israel and texted me, but I didn’t understand the Continue Reading »
Since the start of the war, I have primarily tried to keep myself busy. I volunteer. Today in Israel, everywhere you look there’s a place to help out, and a line of people who want to lend a hand. I continue to study, because in the area where I live there aren’t, at the moment, Continue Reading »
On Saturday morning, October 7th, I was with my family on a vacation in Lithuania. After nearly four months of traveling on my own in the United States after completing my army service, I was reunited with my family for a vacation. The deep relaxation during traveling helped me clarify my goals for this year. Continue Reading »
My name is Shachar. I’m on a gap year at Mechinat Ein Prat. The war caught us at the mechina, and in a moment, the organization transformed into Lev Echad (one heart), a civilian assistance organization in times of emergency. We immediately opened a command center that operates all day and night, providing transportation support, Continue Reading »
Hi, I am Paz from 2013. Normally, I am a high school teacher of History and Biblical Studies. This year I am also serving as one of the manchim (facilitators) for the Israeli Amitim group, alongside the remarkable Nurit. Last Saturday morning, I awoke in my home in Jerusalem to the wailing sirens signaling a Continue Reading »
Hello everyone, my name is Ido, Amitim ’22. This year, I am studying at the Natur gap year in the Golan Heights. It’s a gap year program in which we study various interesting topics related to Judaism, gender, philosophy, and more. We started the program a month ago, and I’m really enjoying the connections with Continue Reading »
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